 | André Darré - 1872 - 226 pages
...in the circumference of the base. It is equal to the hypothenuse VB of the generating triangle. XII. A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equidistant from a point within it called the centre. A sphere may be conceived as generated by a circle... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1872 - 464 pages
...of the cone, along lines which are called elements of cotUact. 12. A SPHERE is a volume bounded by a surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. A sphere may be generated by a semicircle revolving about its diameter as an axis. 13.... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1874 - 332 pages
...ellipse will be |, or .66+. 36. A Solid is a magnitude that has length, breadth, and thickness. 37. A Sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface every...which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. A Hemisphere is half a sphere. A Diameter of a sphere is a straight line passing through... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1874 - 444 pages
...its top is 4 in. Find the solid contents. Ans. 3920.7168 cu. in. 691. Spheres. — A Sphere is a body bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the Centre. RULES. — /. To find the surface of a sphere, multiply the square of the diameter by 3.14159.... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1874 - 500 pages
...of the cone, along lines which are called elements of contact. 12. A SPHERE is a volume bounded by a surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. A sphere may be generated by a semicircle revolving about its diameter as an axis. 13.... | |
 | Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - 472 pages
...parallel to the plane of its base ; as, Figure G. 397 A Sphere is a solid bounded by one continued surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre; as, Figure H. The Altitude of a prism, cube, or parallelopipedon, is the perpendicular... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1876 - 920 pages
...MOSSES. SPHEXOGRAM& See CUNEIFORM INSOKIPTIOX8. SPHERE (Gr. aQaipd), in geometry, a body bounded by a surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. The figure may bo generated by the. revolution of a semicircle about its diameter as an... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 438 pages
...being 6 feet and of the other 3 feet ? Ans. 5277.888 cu. ft. THE SPHERE. 77O. A Sphere is a volume bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. 780. The Diameter of a sphere is a line passing through its centre and ending in the surface.... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 528 pages
...being 2|- feet and of the other 7|- ft.? Ans. 3828.825 cu. ft. THE SPHEEE. 1051. A Sphere is a volume bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. 1052. The Diameter of a sphere is a line passing through its centre and ending in the surface.... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 444 pages
...being 6 feet and of the other 3 feet ? Ans. 5277.888 cu. ft. THE SPHERE. 779. A Sphere is a volume bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre. 780. The Diameter of a sphere is a line passing through its centre and ending in the surface.... | |
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A sphere is a solid, bounded by one continued convex surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within, called the centre. 
